Chiral soluble polymers and microspheres for enantioselective crystallization

A series of chiral polymers based on poly(N‐acryl) amino acids was synthesized using a convergent synthetic approach. These chiral polymers have been used as chiral additives to induce enantioselective crystallization of racemic or conglomerate amino acids in solutions. These polymeric additives showed strong capabilities to enhance highly enantioselective resolution during the crystallization of amino acids. In addition, these polymers caused unusual modifications of amino acid crystal morphologies. Furthermore, spherical microparticles of those same chiral polymers were also shown active in similar chiral discriminations during amino acid crystallizations occurring on microparticle surfaces. Our study demonstrates the high potential of chiral polymers and microparticles to resolve amino acids throughout crystallization processes. High enantiomeric excesses in one targeted enantiomer of amino acids can also be maximized via time‐dependent kinetic control of crystallizations. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 44: 3009–3017, 2006     

Mathematical modeling of crystallization analysis fractionation (Crystaf) of polyethylene

Four polyethylene samples (PE) with different molecular weight distributions (MWD) were analyzed by crystallization analysis fractionation (Crystaf) at several cooling rates to investigate the effect of MWD and cooling rate on their Crystaf profiles. Using these results, we developed a mathematical model for Crystaf that considers crystallization kinetic effects, which are ignored in all previous Crystaf models. The Crystaf model we proposed can fit the experimental Crystaf profiles of the 4 polyethylene resins very well. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 44: 2749–2759, 2006     

Effect of the environment on the stability of surfactant–polypeptide self‐assembled complexes: Molecular dynamics simulations of stoichiometric complexes formed by N‐dodecyltrimethylammonium and poly(α,L‐glutamate) in chloroform,methanol, and water

A series of molecular dynamics simulations have been performed to study the supramolecular structure of self‐assembled complexes formed by N‐dodecyltrimethylammonium cations and the synthetic polypeptide poly(α,L ‐glutamate). The influence of the type of solvent has been investigated, considering explicit environments of chloroform, water, and methanol on a stoichiometric complex containing 15 residues. In chloroform, the complex stabilizes in a regular structure: the polypeptide adopts an α‐helix conformation that is regularly surrounded by surfactant molecules to form electrostatic interactions through a multiple interaction pattern. However, this structure destabilizes in methanol and water: (a) the α‐helix unfolds in the two solvents and (b) the electrostatic links between the surfactant molecules and the polyanion are disrupted in aqueous solution, although these interactions are still preserved in methanol. The role of the solvent environment in stabilizing or destabilizing the polypeptide secondary structure, the organization of the surfactant molecules, and predominantly the surfactant–polypeptide supramolecular organization is discussed in detail. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 44: 1122–1133, 2006     

Molecular deposition film of porphyrin and phthalocyanine bearing oppositely charged substituents

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On the Snider equation

We study the physical content of the Snider quantum transport equation and the origin of a puzzling feature of this equation, which implies contradictory values for the one-particle density operator. We discuss in detail why the two values are in fact not very different provided that the studied particles have sufficiently large wave packets and only a small interaction probability, a condition which puts a limit on the validity of the Snider equation. In order to improve its range of application, we propose a reinterpretation of the equation as a mixed equation relating the real one-particle distribution function (on the left-hand side of the equation) to the free distribution (on the right-hand side), which we have introduced in a recent contribution. In its original form, the Snider equation is valid only when used to generate Boltzmann-type equations where collisions are treated as point processes in space and time (no range, no duration); in this approximation, virial corrections are not included, so that the real and free distributions coincide. If the equation is used beyond this approximation to generate nonlocal and density corrections, we conclude that the results are not necessarily correct.     

Purification and partial characterization of two lectin isoforms fromCratylia mollis mart. (camaratu bean)

Two additional electrophoretically distinct molecular forms, isoforms (iso) 2 and 3, with lectin properties were isolated fromCratylia mollis Mart, seeds (FABACEAE), by extraction with 0.15M NaCl and ammonium sulfate fractionation, followed by chromatography on Sephadex G-75 and Bio-Gel P-200 (iso 2), as well as CM-Cellulose and Sephadex G-75 (iso 3). Both isoforms were human group nonspecific and showed distinct specificity. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis resolved iso 2 and 3 in polypeptides of apparent mol wts 60 and 31 kDa, respectively; a distinct isoelectric focusing pattern was obtained for iso 2 and 3, under denaturing and reducing conditions.     

α—甲基苯乙烯离子聚合体分子量分布

聚α-甲基苯乙烯-丁二烯-α-甲基苯乙烯嵌段共聚物是一种性能优异的热塑性弹性体。常温下,α-甲基苯乙烯的聚合是在极性添加剂存在下进行的,添加剂的种类,用量及聚合温度不仅影响聚合动力学,尚且影响聚合物分子量及其分布,控制α-甲基苯乙烯聚合速率、     

液体和非晶态Ni64B36合金结构的从头算分子动力学模拟

运用从头算分子动力学模拟了液体以及猝冷后形成的非晶态Ni₆₄B₃₆合金体系, 得到了它们的对相关函数、结构因子、键对分析方面的结构信息, 与实验结果相当一致; 结果表明, 猝冷得到的合金性质与液体合金性质相似, 为非晶态结构. B原子多数以B—B双原子成键形式分散于Ni原子构成的骨架中. 电子态密度分析表明, Ni 3d电子最活泼, 因此在合金中Ni为活性位. 轨道电荷分析从电子结构角度揭示了在NiB 催化剂中B作为修饰剂的机理.     

几种改进的CoMFA方法比较研究血小板活化因子拮抗剂

由于传统的比较分子场分析(CoMFA)方法本身存在一些缺陷，使得分子的叠合 规则以及叠合分子的空间取向和空间位置等因素对q~2的影响很大，因此相继提出 了几种改进的CoMFA方法。为了优化CoMFA结果，应用传统的CoMFA方法和交叉验证 的R~2引导的区域选择法(q~2-GRS)、全取向搜索法（AOS）、全空间搜索法（APS） 以及比较分子相似性指数(CoMSIA)等四种改进的CoMFA方法，对18个pinusolide类 衍生物这类新发现的血小板活化因子（PAF）拮抗剂进行了比较研究。结果表明四 种改进的CoMFA方法得到的q~2值均比传统CoMFA的高。q~2-GRS方法得到的q~2值有 所提高，但综合结果并不理想，AOS与APS得到的q~2较为理想，而在CoMSIA中， q~2几乎不受空间取向或空间位置的影响。同时我们引人基于样本的偏最小二乘法 （SAMPLS）取代原AOS／APS程序中的传统PLS进行统计分析，明显提高了其运行速 度。最后，根据q~2最高的CoMFA模型和CoMSIA模型设计了几个预测活性更高的 pinusolide类似物。     

Interaction of 4-Isopropoxalyl-1,5-diphenyl-2,3-dihydro-2,3-pyrroledione with Thiosemicarbazide: Synthesis and Crystal and Molecular Structure of (3aS*)(4R*)(6aR*)-4,6a-dihydroxy-4-isopropoxycarbonyl-1-thiocarbamoyl-3,5-diphenyl-1,3a,4,5,6,6a-hexahydropyrrolo[3,4-d]pyrazol-6-one

4-Isopropoxalyl-1,5-diphenyl-2,3-dihydro-2,3-pyrroledione reacts with thiosemicarbazide to form (3aS*)(4R*)(6aR*)-4,6a-dihydroxy-4-isopropoxycarbonyl-1-thiocarbamoyl-3,5-diphenyl-1,3a,4,5,6,6a-hexahydropyrrolo[3,4-d]pyrazol-6-one. The molecular and crystal structure of the latter was studied by single crystal X-ray diffraction.